Wall Street Journal | The Syria Campaign Wall Street Journal American bombs aren't yet falling on Syria, but on Tuesday Chuck Hagel suggested they soon will. "This plan includes targeted actions against ISIL safe havens in Syria, including its command and control, logistics capabilities and infrastructure," the ... White House officials warn Syria over ISIS mission House Republican leaders pitch Syria aid with checks on Obama US to strike ISIL 'sanctuaries' in Syria |
New York Times | UN Investigators Cite Atrocities in Syria New York Times GENEVA — As Western and regional powers prepared to step up the fight against Sunni militants of the Islamic State, United Nations investigators presented details Tuesday of more atrocities committed by Islamic extremists and the government in Syria, ... UN Investigators Document Worsening Atrocities of Syrian Civil War 'Action against Islamic State should include Syria' UN Panel Emphasizes Assad Role in Syria War Crimes |
Life Inside the ISIS Home Base of Raqqa, Syria Wall Street Journal What's it like to live under the rule of the extremist group known as the Islamic State, or ISIS? WSJ looks at the situation in Raqqa, Syria, through the eyes of two activists — and through the lens of ISIS propaganda videos. |
VICE News | US Will Retaliate If Syria Interferes In Airstrikes VICE News The US says it will hit Syrian air defenses if government forces attempt to interfere with American airstrikes on Islamic State (IS) militants in the country, as the roles to be played by members of an international anti-IS coalition announced on ... |
Reuters | Islamic State shoots down Syrian war plane -monitor group Reuters The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a monitoring group which gathers information from a network of activists on the ground, reported five air raids on Raqqa on Tuesday. Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the organization, cited sources close to Islamic ... IS jihadists down Syria warplane: monitor Kurdish Fighters Advance Against Jihadis in Syria Islamic State jihadists downed Syria warplane, rights monitor says |
Wall Street Journal | Islamic State Funds Push Into Syria and Iraq With Labyrinthine Oil-Smuggling ... Wall Street Journal The Islamic State is funding its rapid push into Syria and Iraq with a labyrinthine oil-smuggling operation that starts at seized Syrian oil fields, goes through makeshift refineries and can end up in jerrycans carried by mules into the hilly ... Turkey considers buffer zone with Syria and Iraq to contain Isis Mortar rounds from Syria land on Turkish town Turkey Mulling Buffer Zone with Iraq, Syria |
Kiwi jihadist wants to leave Syria New Zealand Herald A Kiwi jihadist who has links with al Qaeda and has taken up arms in Syria wants to leave the war-torn country -- but first needs a fresh New Zealand passport after burning his old one. Mohammad Daniel, also know as Abu Abdul Rahman, and formerly known ... |
Newsweek | The Golan Heights, Once Peaceful, May Drag Israel Into the Syrian Civil War Newsweek Flying a mere 150 yards away from the blue-white Israeli flag, that green banner represents a Syrian jihadist group, one of many here. Far from where an American-led battle against the Islamic State (commonly called ISIS) is brewing, this deceptively ... UN Peacekeepers Are Peacing Out of Syria UN evacuates all troops from Golan as Syria fighting worsens UN peacekeepers withdraw from Syria-controlled sector of Golan Heights |
RT | Washington moots possible airstrikes on Syria's air defenses RT A U.S. Marine Corps F-35 Lightening II multirole fighter jet is escorted by two USMC F-18 Hornets as it flies towards Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in this U.S. Air Force handout photo dated January 11, 2012. (Reuters/U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Joely ... Daily Jihad: Hezbollah Leader Makes Power Play For Influence in Syria |
Mediaite | McCain: 'Has Rand Paul ever been to Syria?' The Hill Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Monday night said it is "patently false" that arms supplied to vetted Syrian rebels have ended up the hands of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). McCain pushed back on his colleague, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), who ... McCain Dismisses Rand Paul on Hannity: 'Has He Ever Been to Syria?' |